Author: Manojladwa

  • NRI organisations shoring up support for Narendra Modi on Western Front, especially in the US

    NRI organisations shoring up support for Narendra Modi on Western Front, especially in the US

    The media on some things are razor sharp and spot on, and on other things they get it totally wrong. It’s fascinating nonetheless.

  • Are women who live in Indian slums so dispensable?

    Are women who live in Indian slums so dispensable?

    When I heard of the death of 254 Indian women during a cervical cancer clinical trail in India, I was shocked. Wouldn’t anybody? Initially and mainly my shock was to do with the huge number of deaths.

  • Do you know what you’ll be doing on 5th October 2014?

    Do you know what you’ll be doing on 5th October 2014?

    I do. And its the same thing my wife, two daughters and I have done for the past few years. We will be giving. Not food, clothes, or money. We will be giving something more precious. Something which we can never acquire or earn back. We will be giving a…

  • India Inc Conclave gets a big thumbs up!

    India Inc Conclave gets a big thumbs up!

    Always good to receive feedback. But the overwhelming and positive feedback from delegates attending this weeks India Inc Global Wealth Management Conclave has been beyond all our expectations. The India Inc team are planning more such events during the course of the year – connecting people to India’s emerging globalisation…

  • UK Minister launches special issue of India Investment Journal

    UK Minister launches special issue of India Investment Journal

    Delighted that Rt Hon Greg Barker MP, the UK Minister for Engagement with India launched the special issue of our India Investment Journal in London.

  • Indian Wealth Management Opportunities in Uncertain Times

    Indian Wealth Management Opportunities in Uncertain Times

    The protection of hard-earned wealth becomes as important as its accumulation in uncertain economic times.

  • India is abysmal when it comes to ease of doing business. Will it ever change? Here’s what Manoj Ladwa would do.

    India is abysmal when it comes to ease of doing business. Will it ever change? Here’s what Manoj Ladwa would do.

    Has doing business in India become easier? The simple answer is no. I have been advising foreign companies establish and do business (big and small) in India for nearly 20 years. During this time India has transformed from a closed economy to an open one and from an agriculture-entrenched system…

  • Repulic Day ceremony and parade

    Repulic Day ceremony and parade

    Watching India’s Repulic Day ceremony and parade. Whatever the differences – cannot help but feel proud and be moved at this time. India’s democratic tradition must always prevail. The biggest celebration of which will be with us in a couple of months – Election 2014. Jai Hind!

  • India at Davos: Promising little, delivering nothing

    India at Davos: Promising little, delivering nothing

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) attracted the customary economic and political heavy-weights to its annual meeting at Davos this year but India seemed missing in action.

  • India and its Diaspora: Time to Renew Vows or Merely a Marriage of Convenience?

    India and its Diaspora: Time to Renew Vows or Merely a Marriage of Convenience?

    The days when expatriate Indians were valued merely for their monetary remittances must surely fade. But India is yet to fully leverage the potential of these 22 million odd global Indian ambassadors at large, who could (and in my view must) play a much more visible and effective part in…